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ULOTHES DRIER.

No. 430,970. Patented June 24, 1890.

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DEVOLSON REED, OF RANDOLPH, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO Y l CHARLES C. PARSONS, OF SAME PLACE.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,970, dated June 24, 1890.

Application filed october 21, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, DEVOLSON REED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Randolph, in the county of Oatt'araugus, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ClothesDriers;k and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw# ings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a folding clothes-drier embodying' myinventionu spread or open as when in use. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of said clothes-drier closed or folded as forstorage or when not in use.

Like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur.

My invention relates to the construction of that class of articles termed clothes-driers or clothes-bars, commonly employed indoors for drying and airing clothes, and has for its object to obtain asimple,strong, light, and convenient form of folding portable clothes-drier.

The main feature of my invention consists in the combination, in a clothes-drier, of a series of radially-arranged tapering framepieces, and a series of encircling hoop-like clothes bars or supports formed of rigid material, Wherebya barrel-like structure of great lightness, strength, and simplicity is obtained.

Subordinate features embrace the combi-V nation, with a series of radially-arranged folding frame-pieces, of a series of half-hoops or bail-like clothes-bars, whereby compactness, strength, and lightness are obtained.

There are other minor points of invention, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

I will now proceed to describe my invention more specifically, so that others may apply the same.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a central block or base-piece provided with supports 2, two of which supports, if desired, may be placed opposite each other or in the same plane and rigidly secured to the base-block, while for convenience in packing the other supports are preferably hinged to the block or basepiece l, as at 3, so as to fold against the two fixed supports.

Journaled on or inthe basepieee lis a ver- Serial No. 327,657. (No model.)

tical post 4, forming a suitable rotary support for the frame-pieces 5 5, any number of which may be used, and all of which are at-` tached to or supported by the central post 4. I preferably employ four, as shown, and in such case two of said frame-pieces 5 may be rigidly attached to or framed on the central post 4, While the remaining frame-pieces 5 may be pivoted or hinged to the post, as `at 6, so as to fold against the fixed frame-pieces to facilitate storing of the drier when not in use.

7 7 indicate the bar-supports or clothessupports, and which, singly considered, are in the form of bails pivoted on two of the frame-pieces, preferably the two opposite and fixed frame-pieces 5a 5b,by means of ears 8. These bail-like supports or curved support-bars 7 7 are, however, preferably7 ar- Aranged in pairs, or each two in the same plane, as shown, to form hoop-like supports for the frame-pieces 5, and said framepieces are preferably formed with sloping enter faces, as shown, so that when the frames 5 are spread or extended the hoop-like clothesbars 7 will bind them or forceV them toward the post as a common center, thus propern tionately increasing the firmness and rigidity of the frame accordingly as the load thereon increases.

The hoops or bails 7 '7, as shown, may be of galvanized Wire, which will be of suificient strength where a folding frame with rigid center post 4 is employed in the construction, and is the most desirable material in a folding drier; but in case of a non-folding frame, or in case of a knockdown frame, Where the frames are to be held together by the hoops or bails, it will be found desirable to use galvanized hoopiron or more rigid material.

It may sometimes be desirable to suspend the folding drier, and for this purpose a loop or ring 9 may be applied to the top of the central post et.

When in use, the several frame-pieces 5 will be arranged radially with relation to the cen-s tral post 4, as shown in Fig. l, and will support (as well as be supported by) the hoop= like encircling bails or barsupports 7 7 When not in use, the movable or hinged supports and frame-pieces may be folded against IOO Vthe fixed supports and frame-pieces 5, as

shown in Fig. 2,"Which will p ermit the pivoted half-hoops or bail-supportl bars 77 `to drop down or be folded fiat against the frames, so that the devices may be stored in a small space.

Ifhave'herein describedV some of the supports 2 and frame-pieces 5" as hinged to thel base-block l and-the post 4. I have also described the post 4 as journaled in the baseblock l and the half-loop or bail-supports 7 as pivoted on the fixed frame-bars 5, which is the preferred construction, and embraces all the desirable features in aA folding clothesdrier embodying my completeinvention; but, it is evident that a clothes-drier composed .of a series of radially-arranged tapering frames anda series of encircling hoops, said frames. being:either detachable or. framed together, Willembody the mainfeature of my inven-` tion, will secure the lightness, simplicity, andi strength which is characteristic of my.inven tion, andfwillanswer.allreqnirements Where a-.folding clothes-drier is not desired.

knockdown drierv may be cheaply formed.

A In casek the frames 5, are separable the hoop-like supports 7 Will bind them firmly together, anda, i

vvseries of radially-arranged tapering framepieces and encircling hoop like supports formed of rigid material; substantially as and for the purposesspeciiied.

2. In a clothes-drier, the combination of a 7series of radially-arranged tapering frame- `pieces and a series of encircling bails or pivyoted half-hoops, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a clothes-drier; the lcomloir'l-ation of a Zseries ofkradiallyv-arranged frames, some of `which are hinged to fold against the others, gand a series of encircling half-hoops or-bails pivoted` on opposite frame-pieces,,substantially as and'forthe purposes specifiedv In testimony, whereof IlaffixVA myr signature,

in presence, oftwo Witnesses, this-17th dayof; Y

October, 1889. i DnvoLsoN REED;

Witnesses:

RODNEY'R; CROWLEY, G. S. BUST. 

